All right, all of you fundamentalist screwballs,

First off as I said if you think there is no good counterpoint to a position you have on any issue, ANY issue, than you aren’t thinking about it. And I know like many issues, its hard to be honest with yourself let alone anyone you are 'debating' with. Especially if you have to end up taking some sort of responsibility for the negative effects of the choices you have made if you find out that you are on the wrong side of an argument.

Getting beyond all the meaningless op-eds and news clippings that you guys think proves anything or informs you about something, here are the things that a person who is honest with themselves and actually has some experience with can admit or at least consider.

Even with legalization, you won't have a free for all. You can't have an airline pilot smoking weed or a surgeon. So no matter what, there is going to be some form of prohibition.

Marijuana IS addictive. Potato chips and used cars are not. That makes a difference, especially when its mind altering.

Therefore we are talking about addicts when we are talking about the downside. And plenty of child abuse stems from that addiction, as do many many other problems which is why there are addiction programs and MA programs for that exact sort of thing. It doesnt usually lead to child abuse like alcohol, but it does lead to neglect, which can be as bad. And it is not a random outlier, it is a significant effect. Admit it or not, I don’t care.

European countries are different in many many ways (poverty levels, population, diversity), so what works in one doesn’t necessarily work in the other.

You know damn well, that that 100th hit of weed had way less effect than the first and left you wanting more. For the right chemistry and right personality (and there are many) that CAUSES the use of harder drugs.

SOMEthing will always have to be prohibited. We are only having a debate about which. I'm sure the ready availability of something wouldn’t have any effect at all on the usage of it right? All the 'studies' show that, and humans have no effect on the environment either. Give me a break.

But I'm debating religion with bunch of choir members, and there's no room for even the chance that there might not be a God. I get it.